Amarillo police are investigating what appears to be an early Thanksgiving cmorning homicide stemming from a domestic dispute between a husband and wife.
Police responded to a call on the 3700 block of Lenwood at 1:31 a.m.

As the use of body cameras by police and sheriff's departments across the country continues to grow, law enforcement in Amarillo is just getting started, with body cameras hitting the streets soon for the three departments in and around the city.

A woman is in serious condition after being stabbed outside a convenience store on Amarillo Boulevard.
At 6:38 p.m. Monday, Amarillo Police Department officers were dispatched to the 900 block of Amarillo Boulevard on a reported stabbing.

October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, but Amarillo Police Department has spent the last three months raising awareness and stopping domestic violence crimes with its new Domestic Violence Unit.

The Amarillo Police Department and Amarillo Department of Public Safety are searching for a suspect who broke into a DPS patrol vehicle and stole items from inside before driving off in their own vehicle early Thursday morning.

In light of a new report from the Texas Council on Family Violence that said Amarillo has one of the worst domestic violence homicide rates in Texas, local groups are coming together to combat the problem as well as trying to stop it before it starts.

It has already been an eventful year for Texas Panhandle children in the care of the Texas Department of Family & Protective Services, and now a joint letter this week from the state's top three elected officials to DFPS Commissioner H.L.

An Amarillo man who police said injured two Amarillo Police Department officers at a children's birthday party in June has been indicted on a pair of felonies, according to Potter County Clerk's Office documents.

Claiming they were wrongfully passed over for promotion, two members of the Amarillo Fire Department have sued the city.
Nathan Sloan Nurek and Michael Brandon Stennett, both employed by AFD, filed a lawsuit Sept.

An Amarillo Police Department officer suffered minor injuries Saturday after responding to an argument that turned into a road rage incident, and a 40-year-old woman is in jail as a result.
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Two traffic stops over the weekend by Texas Department of Public Safety resulted in the seizure of more than 15 pounds of methamphetamine and two arrests.
On Monday, DPS valued the methamphetamine at approximately $1.35 million.

The Amarillo Police Department is continuing its investigation into a shooting that occurred Friday night.
APD officers contacted a male just before 8 p.m. at Southwest Second Avenue and Bonham Street who suffered a gunshot wound to his right knee.

A written claims notice, the first step signifying an intent to file a lawsuit, was sent to the Amarillo Police Department and the city of Amarillo on Thursday by attorney Jesse Quackenbush on behalf of the parents of Alexis Wartena, 7, a nonverbal girl with autism who was found drowned in a lake behind La Kiva Hotel in July.

Four days of a binding arbitration grievance hearing before arbitrator Don Hays have concluded for former Amarillo Police Department officer Saulo Bravo, who is trying to get his job back after his indefinite suspension from the department in 2014.

Amarillo police are continuing to investigate mysterious gunfire in the North Heights neighborhood. About 9 a.m. Wednesday, officers were sent to the area of Northwest 12th Avenue and North Van Buren Street.

A stabbing at a home in east Amarillo has authorities investigating. About 4:32 p.m. Wednesday, Amarillo police were sent to Baptist St. Anthony's Hospital after a 54-year old man with a stab wound was taken there, according to a Thursday news release.

APD to welcome 2 new recruits By Ronald Balaskovitz One of the Amarillo Police Department's most vital units is currently down 50 percent, but a pair of new recruits that will soon join the force should have it back up to full strength.

Sgt. Mitchell Woodard of the Amarillo Police Department has made several visits to the Northwest Texas Healthcare system in Amarillo this week following his roadside efforts to help a man who was severely injured in a single vehicle accident last weekend.

An Amarillo High School criminal justice teacher has been placed on administrative leave after being arrested Friday.
Bonnie Carol Joslin, 45, was booked into Randall County jail for three felony theft warrants out of McLennan County.